Following the closing of BEX Fund IV in March 2022 at $765 million, BEX Capital, an investment firm focused exclusively on secondaries in private equity fund-of-funds (FoF), secondaries funds and co-investment funds, has appointed Bernard Charpentier as general counsel.

Allspring Global Investments (Allspring), an independent asset manager with more than $541 billion in assets under management, has added two senior hires to its legal team. Chris Rohrbacher joins Allspring as Deputy General Counsel, reporting to Kate McKinley, Chief Legal Officer. Rohrbacher leads the teams that provide legal support to

Apollo and Sofinnova Partners (Sofinnova), a European life sciences venture capital firm based in Paris, London, and Milan, have formed a long-term strategic and financial partnership. Under the agreement, Apollo will take a minority equity interest in Sofinnova and commit up to €1 billion of managed capital to its investment

SK Capital Partners (SK Capital), a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, specialty chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has appointed Richard Jackson as Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets. Jackson will be based in New York and brings three decades of investment banking and deal making experience across Europe

Jason Griffith, an accomplished deal lawyer who advises private equity firms, companies and family offices in corporate transactions of all sizes, has joined McGuireWoods’ global private equity team as a partner in Chicago. Griffith counsels clients in mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, minority investments and restructurings, as well as general corporate matters.

Kline Hill Partners (Kline Hill), a small-deal focused private equity secondaries firm, has appointed Raudel Yanez as Managing Director with a focus on GP-led transactions in North America.

Denham Capital, a global sustainable infrastructure, energy and resources-focused investment firm, has appointed Alberto Garcia as a Managing Director in its Sustainable Infrastructure Credit Platform.

Value Partners Group Limited has appointed Otto CHOI as Senior Director, Institutional Business, effective 16 May 2022.

HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative asset investment firm with over $49 billion of equity capital under management, has added Stephan Madsen to the firm’s European Middle Market LBO team in London as a Managing Director focused on the Nordic region. Madsen has over 12 years of private equity experience

Global growth equity form General Atlantic has appointed Pablo Isla as a Global Senior Advisor.